Splenda (Sucralose)
Excerpt from
Death by Modern Medicine
by Dr. Carolyn Dean
Equal is an aspartame sweetener made by Merisant
Company. Splenda is Equal's
major competitor and is being hauled into court by the makers
of Equal for false advertising. Spenda claims that it's "made
from sugar, so it tastes like sugar," but Merisant says
Splenda is deceiving people into believing they are eating
natural sugar but without the calories.
In a cat fight that will probably expose both products
for what they really are, ABC News on December 1, 2004,
said that the lawsuit against Splenda says that it is "made
from dextrose, maltodextrin and 4-chloro-4-deoxy-alpha,
D-Galactopyranosyl-1, 6-dichloro-1, 6-dideoxy-beta, D-fructofuranoside."
Dr. Joseph Mercola, who posted news about the lawsuit on
his extensive health Web site 
www.mercola.com,
offered the following incisive comment:
Talk about the proverbial "pot calling the kettle
black!. It's no wonder why Merisant is going after McNeil:
Splenda sales have soared way past Equal since it was introduced
in the United States some four years ago. I do find it quite
odd that the manufacturer of an artificial sweetener whose
primary toxic ingredient is aspartame (a.k.a. Equal) is
suing another manufacturer of an equally artificial sweetener
with the equally toxic sucralose (a.k.a. Splenda). As far
as I'm concerned, they are equally dangerous, equally misleading
and equally detrimental to your health.
Dr. Mercola lists the following problems that are associated
with Splenda in animal research:
~ Shrunken thymus glands (up to 40 percent shrinkage)
~ Enlarged liver and kidneys
~ Atrophy of lymph follicles in the spleen and thymus
~ Reduced growth rate
~ Decreased red blood cell count
~ Extension of the pregnancy period
~ Aborted pregnancy
~ Diarrhea
We don't know the long-term effects on humans, because
the studies have not been done. The people who have been
using this product for four years are the experiment.
Excerpt from Death by Modern Medicine by Dr. Carolyn Dean
